Magazine-rifle.



J. J. oATRoN. MAGAZINE 31H12. APBLIOATION FILED MAY 7, 190B.

vJ. J. CATRON. MAGAZINE RIFLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 190s.

Patent-ga May 11, '1909.

2BHEE-TSSHBET 2.

9fo,912. v

f n V Application filed May 7, 1908. Serial No. l91,420.

A MIN, 'liv/min if. 'illu-y roam/'11.' i .Be-it known that' l. Join J. QA'riioN, citizeiio'f the United States, residing at lioiihain iii the count)v ot' VFannin and ltate of 'llevan5 have ini'ented new and iine'lul Ini- @proveniente in '.vlaiijaziiie-,litles. ot which -nthreftollowing is a speeilieation.

;.\lv lpresent invention him relation to nia .zine rifles, and is designed more pai.'-

lOiitgulai-l' asaii iniprorenieut upon the niagazine.. rille. eoiintitut'iug' the Snbjert ot' niv Specification of Letters Patent..

"liettersd)atout No. $32.627. (lated '.llareli i003. v .One oi the objects ol ini' present inventioii i@ the provision o'lQ-i magazine rifle enibodyiiig simple. reliaole and `durable iiieaiis loi.prereiitiiig niorenientV o'A the trigger and iilearso of the hnuiiner vto tire 'lierille until ter the breech blot-hD nl. seenrelr loelied in gelosi-rd poa'ition.

Anotherobjeet is the provision inaiiiag'a 1 '/.ii'ie ritie. of a rartridg'e elevator the iiiedi-unrol' uieans rarriod by theaaid 1elevator'jloi' ejer-ling the laat, tired shell.

Another objeot the prorieioii of a coinf' binei-l breech blot-l; and rartridge carrier VV.proi'itlel with nieaiihl for holding the flanged ends` ot cartridges. means Vlor lowing;4 thei oihreeeh block and eartridge carrier in its ist:l eaiftridgoiii the magazine tubo at the Afifin'saiiiemtinie that `the block is loelit-rdelosed ,as to enable thetianged end ot' the carlioldiug means.

40 inrention will be lull)v understooi from the tollowing deseriptiouand elaiiul when the 3 l,Haine are read in eonueetion with the drawaeeonipanylug' and forininf l pait'ot" angst.

this speoitieatitin. in which:

tridg'e to asfaune a position in the. oart'riflgeadapted to l eject nach redvshell, exeeptthe hier, through STATES Pilflllilbl'flf FFQR. JOHN J. 4tirl"lOi-V, ltlNHAhl, TEXAS. I

v MAGAZINEJRIFLE.

Patented May 1 l, 1909.

plane. parallel to that. of Fig. Fig. 4 is an iliilareed detail aoc-tion taheii on line 4---4 ol Fig'. looking forward. Fig". 5 an onlarged ele 'ation y@bowing thovt'roiit eiicl of the rear ser-'tion ot' the breeeh frame and the partl earried,by Said Isection. Ii`ig. 6 is an enlarged elevation showing the rear end of the iront iw-tion ol lhebreeeh t anic and the.

pari eai'ried by Said Section. Figs. are detail views .showing` the. breech block and the. rertieally swinging locking piece rari-led thereby. Fig'. fl is ai'i enlarged View,

l breerh tra-ine with the breech block and the I igure l is a View` iai-thv inllone'itiidiiial Section and partly in. ele ation. 'ofso inueh ot a inagaziueritle as is iieeesar'if' to illustrat-e. the. preferred einboilinieiit 'ol' ini' presfeiit'. iiiventioiigihe. rille being shown .as it s iw breech li-aine or housingreiiiove l4 and vwith itsfeonibined'; breech blot-l and car# vtriilge carrier looked. in itsl posit ion. Fig'. Q

Fig. 3

fil.longitudinaly sect-,imi taken 'nia' 5 0 appears witlrt'he, right-hand side plate of:y

ie I. breech rartriilife elevator removed. Fig. l5 is an enlarged. detail persilieetire View ol: the plunger i'or eoiperatnig with the ratoh on the. trigger.

Siinila letter@- and niinieralnl deigiiate roi-respon(ling' parts in all of the Views of the drawing'referring to which:

is the barrel of the rifle, and B is the breech Vtraine which ina)Y be of the construet'ion diselofsed in in iy aforesaid Letterslalent or ol any other ronstrnetion co1i sonant willi the purposeb4 of the ilirefweiit in- -()tjher advantageous iliai'a .'.tei-i. ties of the \jen.tion. Fixed at the ninflei' sido oli' the bar rel and ronnnunirating` with the. forward end ot the ehainber in the breeeli `traine is a magazine tnlie provided with the uSiia-l or airyother suitable means for pressfiing' the. Cartridges rearwardly, and on the said tubo C ifa mounted and'guided a reciproeatory hand-piece D, to whieh is fixedly connected the longitudinal bar E for translating the roinbined breeeb blorl: and eartridge carrier, presently explained., The forward Wall of the chamber in the brew-.h franie provided ai opposite sides ot' the. barrel A and niagazi-ne tube (lg with upright reeesses a. and a rearwaidly-extending, beveled protubraiiee and in said wall is an opening C for the p'assageot the. translatingl bar E.. l F is a vertically-swirigiiig, spring-pressed 'partly in elevation and partly in section,-

il (l piece which normally rests in the position shown in Fig. 3 to prevent the rearmost cartridge being forced from the magazine tube C. Said piece F has a lateral arm Z for the engagement of the inclined shoulder a at the lower edge 'of the bar E, and hence it `will be apparent that the piece F will be depressed by the bar E to release the rearmost cartridge from` the magazine tube at the same time that the combined breech block and cartridge carrier is looked in its closed position, as hereinafter set forth.l

The present. embodiment of my invention is one of the taltedown type common to my aforesaid patent, and G in Fie. 5 is the rear section of the breech frame C, and l-l in Fig. 6, the front section. The rear section (ir carries the usual or any other suitable hammer I, and a trigger J which is designed to engage the hannner in the ordinary mani ner and has a shouldered catch K and a linger L; the said catch and linger lying 1n parallel, vertical planes, and the linger extending- 3' forward of the catch for a puri pose hereinafter stated. The combined breech block and cartridge carrier '.il is carried by the i'ront'. section ll', is also the bar lt. for translating the block. ln the frame section ll a longitndinally-disposed plunger N is guided and held against too free movement, which plunger is provided, at the rear end thereof, with a head l. This head l is, near the end of the rear stroke of the bar E and block' M, engaged by a shoulder f of said bar and moved a slight distance rearward under the shoulder of the catch K.-

Thesaid head l remains in said position duringthe subsequent forward stroke of the i, bar lil and block .`\l and hence prevents forward movement oi the catch l( and release of the hammer l'roin the trigger, with the result that there is no danger ol the firearm being accidentally lired until the block M is locked inits closed position. During1 the end portion ol4 the l'orward movement of the bar li and as thtI block .\l is locked in its elo-,tal position, by means hereinafter described, a head y/ on a rearward extension /l ol' the said bar moves the head l. a slight distance, l'orward and ont ol engagement with catch K and thereby releasesthetrigger so that the lirearin can be lired. 'lhe linger l. ,oli the. trigger. extends forward Jol the catch K. as"lr-tn:e described, so as to be cngagfed b v the rcarliendoii thefblock M when the operators linger. is4 onvthe trigger and the har l"I and block M are rapidly recipro cated as in rapid tiring, the bloclc M in that ease. serving to |.iress the trigger back into engagement with thev hammer when the hammer is pressed back by theblocl.

lt is -the cartridge elevator, pivoled at in the breech frame.

.'lhe combined breech .block and cartridge carrier M is provided on its forward end ad- -lire'd shell above it.

-posite dde of the block .Nl 1s recessed at j and in said recess is arranged a resilient plate la. lixedly connected at its rear end to the bloch and provided at its forward end with an inwardlydirected, beveled flange The resilient plate is covered by a plate m", connected to the block by a screw n which extends loosely through the platei'. 'lhe plate m7 serves to cover the recess in which' plate l: is arranged and to protect said plate te. The blockl M is horizontally notched below the flanges z'2 and. l, as indicated by m, and is lalso provided at intervals in its height, between said Bauges, with horizontal notches m. (larried in said block' is a bspringucushioned firing pin S which is recessed in one side at 1J, ltig. 7. ,'l`he block M has in its lower side an forward end a slot r for the play o`l the ear tridge elevator li which latter comprises a rear. upwardly-extending arm s anda forward and comparatively long ir arm t having a lip 'u at its toi-wurd end. From a point slightly below the borixonlal notch mv the l'orward end of the slot r is ot decreased width c., too narrow for the passage therethrough Vot' the lip u, up to a point o immediately below' the firing pin where it is oi the saine width'as at its lower end. On the rear movement of the block iVt it coperates with the rear arm ot the cartridge elevator to :anse the forward arm thereof` to rise quickly tothe position where the lip u can pass through the portion o et the lot i' on the followingv forward movement ot the block.'A As soon as the lip u passes through said portion fu the remainder of the slot r permits the lip u to move to the position shown by dotted lilies in Fi 1 the forward movement; of the block serving.,lr to depress the forward arm of the, cartridge elevator to said position. i l

Should the" operator attempt-a-reversal ol the l'orward movement of the block M het'ore the cartridge that is'being raised is high enoughI to'enterthe barrel A, one ot' the, described notches m or vm" will engage the lip 1l and thereby prevent such reversal ol' the action.

.\ [lat spring 'l lies against ther side ofing' the `eleval ion thereof between the ianges on the forward end of the block M, and at. this point it will be understood that cach cartridge. as it is elevated to a position iny line with the barrel A. serves to eject the Now in order to enable the elevator R of itself to eject the fired shell ot' the last cartridge in the rifle, I- proill) vide the elevator 'R with the spring-backed ejector U. This latter normallir rests above 'thel forward ari'ifo'l 'the elevator is raised to raise. aeartijidg'e between the tlanges'on thev "for 'ard end of the block, the eart'ridge will 'fhfold tlieedieetor ll haek of the shoulder ir.

' Vhein Vl'iowevei'e the forward arin of the ele 'vat'or is raised without a eartridglje thereon.

'a:s"whe.1i the. lasty ea'rtridgi'e iii-the ritle has that 'ejector 'Uy wi'll rest in thel position shown in Fig.' i9, relative to the elevator'l. so that :When-the forward arin of thil elevator is 'raised to the full extent'. the e'ieet'or ll will .extend/as high as the firing pin aiul'iienee the' will strike up 'ard against and eject, the: v`fsliello'l".the said last eartride'e. v

"fjPivot'ed at '1 to the liloelt .\l isa verti i trallyew'iniqiiig' piet-e 2, having' a lateral stud l l 'fdisi'iosed ina slot. l of tho translating,bar

5E," whereby the said bloeh i'\l derives'- reeti linear movement from the har.

eorn'er of the/swinging pieve '2 is designed 'to-cooperate with ay depres:-aion 5 inthe, breech/traine to loek the block \t inita` -jolosetl position. and it' will be readil)7 under-` `stood that' lwhen the 'fha'.lf (rocked while the liloel-I M is 'in 'its l elosed position. thetirinlg' pin is pushed rear- 'ward' hyits spring' so that its portion in iainnier is eoelced or mfroi't of its' reeess: /i rests aliove the piete Z -and holds' thel latter against upward inovenient. llVheii. however.'the hammer acts vagainst. the rear'end ol the tiring pin to 'fort-.e the pin forward andA tiro the-rifle, tho

revest-i in'the tiring' pin assumes a position "above the npi'vardly-direet'ed arm of the :pieee Q and eonseqiiently saidpieee 2 is 'free fvtoiqino've lupward Ito'unloehY the blot-.li -i\l 145 sition` the'slotl'in .thel bar cooperates with 'vt'.roin 'the' breech frame. VIt will also' lie unfderstoodthat .when the har ttl is moved forl the Stud oii piet-e 2 to draw the 'arni of the "latter down vout of 'the i'eeess in `tlie tiring apiu. and to seat-the. piet-e2 in the depression .M in its elosed position.

v5 ofthe interet-h f'raiiio so as to lot-k. the block 'lliisl aetion takes I plaee. during' the` end portion of the forward movement of the 'har E and the block shoulder 'e of 'bailtl-engagesthea-rin of tlie/vertloall)Y swinging' piece I and by depressing the, saine permits tho:iiearniost cartridge/in the magazine tube t'o ily back so that its flanged encl rests between' `the, inwardly `directed 'flanges on the. forwardiend of the'bloek M.

It will be understk'iod at this point that as the blockM approaches its closed position, the beveled (langer l on its resilient plate will engage the beveled prot-uheranee on.

the forward wall of lthe chamber in the breech'A frame so that when the block is the other flange on the liloelr.

loelied closed. the flange will he sprung' oi'it'ward to freelfi7 receive the tianged end oitl the -rearinost cartridge between it.l and Then when the boeli is drawn rearwari'l the eai'tridge beeanse of the spriiig-l'iaelted follower in the tube (lfwill eloselv follow the blot-lt until the tlaiiii'e'/ passi-s out o't" engagement with protnberanee when said tlanie will spring' inward and hold. the lla'ng'ed end of tlie eartridgg'e between it and the other Lange. and ille cartridge will be rearward in and by the hloel .\l.

(hi rearward movement' of the bar E, the

'slot -l therein eoiperates with the stud 3 to raise the npwardlv reaching' arin ofthe pieee "l into the ret-ess of the firing pin.

'l`he operation of'niv iiii-proveinents will be fully understood from the foregoing, and

vit will. also he noted that the rifle as a whole is'siniple in eonstrnetion and reliable i'n operation` and is well adaptedto v'vi-thstand' the slioelqs and strains to whieli magazine 'The lower l rifles are ordinarily subjected. v

'l`.lie terni i'itle as herein 'oinj'iloved is'.

o'tl eourse. intended to eoinprehend all tire arii'is to whieh my iini'noveinei'its are appli- `eable.l

ld ireet ions.

2. 'l-he eoinbinationin a ritle`r of a hreoeh fran'ie, a hammer. a trigger haviing a cateh. 'a breech hloek movablelongitudinally in the hreeeh frame.. a longitudinally movable pliinger mounted in the frame aiid'a'rrangtxl in ,its rear position to engage the eateh vof the trigger.' and a bar for translating' the moans for moving the plunger in opposite directions. 1.

'lhe oon'ibination ina ritle. of a breech frame,V a hammer. a trigger having' a eat'eh. a breerh blot-lt niovahle longitudinally in -tl'iejhreeeh frame, a longftudinall)7 iiioval'ile plungermounted' in the frame and' arranged -iii itsiear position to'eng'age -the veateh of the'ti-iifgei'. and a ligar for translating;r the bloek. connected with said blot-.k and having' a shoulder; 'for putting the"plunger in engagement with the eatch when the block is in its iearinost position and also having a rear extension on which is a head for disengaging the plunger from the catch when the hloekis closed.I l

4. The eon'ibinat'ion in a rifle., of a' breech earried trame, a hammer, a t-rlgger having a catch, means carried .by and movable with respect to the `frame, for cooperating with the catch, a breech block movable in the frame, and means movable with the block for putting the tiretr inlined means in engagement with and disengaging said means from the catch.

'l`he combination in a magazine rifle, ot a breech Frame, a hammer, a trigger having a catch and a -tinger extending forward ol' the catch. means carried by and movable with respect. to the trame, for co'iperat'ing with the catch, a breech block movable fore and aft in the l'ramc and adapted to move the hammer and the linger rtm1-ward, and means niovable with the block for putting the first named means in engagement with and disengaging said means from the catch.

. The combination in a` magazine rifle.

of a breech frame, a hammer, a trigger hav-` ing a catch and ay ting-er extending forward ot' the catch. a plunger' movable longitndinally in the frame7 for cooperating with the catch, a breech block movable lore and a't't. in the frame and adapted to move the hammer and the finger rearward, and a bar tor translating the, block7 connected with said block and having a shoulder for moving the plunger rearward and also having a rear cxp tension on which is a head for moving the 'plunger forward.

by and movable with respect to the frame! for coi-'meratinewith meanl of the trie'eer P* PP* t'or n'eventinf release ole the hammer a brceeh block movable in thc l'ramc, means l'or locking the block in its closed poaition, ward and a rearward extension on which 1S and a translating bar t'or reciprtwating the block. cooperating with said locking ineans., and cooperating with thc first inlined means.

il. 'lhe combination in a rile, of a breech l'rame. a hanlmer. a trigger having a catch, a ph'lnger movable longitnilinall'vr in the frame, aml into and ont. ol engagementl with 9 the catch., means for loeknig the block ln` its closed position, aml a translating har lor moving the block, operating the locking means. and putting the plunger in enga ementy with and dir-engagmg same from t e catch.

10. 'l`hc combination in a rifle. of a breech frame, a hammer. a trigger having a catch, a plunger movable. longitudinally in the lrame and into and ont of engagement with the catch. mea ns for locking tbe block in its cloaed position. a linger carried by and ixed to the trigee' and extending forward of the catch to be engaged by the block, and a translating bar Ior moving the block, 0p eratingl the locking means, and putting the plunger in mrgagcment with and disengaging the same from the catch.

ll. [n a magazine rifle, a cartridge e1evator equipped with a cartridge controlled meanl held ino|a-rativc. by a cartridge during elevation. and which becomes. active to eject the lar-t hell after the magazine is eX- han.-ted.

12. ln a magazine rifle, a cartridge elevator having a spring-prenatal plunger for ejccting the laat Ahell l'rom the rlllc.

l. ln a magazine rile,'the combinatifm ol a breech l'l'ame. a breech block movableJ longitudinally in the l'rame and having inwardlv-dircctcd llanges at its l'orwardend,

a cartridge elevator mounted in the jlirameaml movable by the block, and a springbacked plunger carried by the elevator, for ejecting the last Shell from the rile.

l-l. 'l`he eombination in a magazine. rifle, ol' a breech l'rame. a magazine lube. a reciln'ocatorv breech block in which is a tiring pin, a swinging piece carried by the block and co'mcrating with the frame and thc tiring pin. a mvinging device controlling the exit olE cart ridgeI l'rom the rear end of the magazine tube., a hammer, a trigger having a catch. a plunger mounted in the 'frame and movable into and ont ol' engagement` with the catch. and a tizanslating bar connect/ed to the firsty named lawvinging piece and having a beveled shoulder for depressing the second named yevinggjing piece and also having :i shoulder for moving the plunger reara head lor movingl the. plunger forward.

ln testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand in presence ol two subscribing Wit- 

